Tag Archives: Interpreter

Court hearing adjourned after wrong interpreter is booked

This is Gloucestershire TWO shopkeepers who had 22000 fake and illegal cigarettes seized from their grocery store had a wasted journey to court because the wrong interpreter turned up. Soran Talibani, 33, and Sako Fatahi, 32, of Gloucester Groceries, Station … Continue reading

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UK: Interpreter ‘failings’ in cell death ordeal

London, UK (LEP): “Failings” by police, medics and a translation service played a part in the death of a Polish man in custody, a jury has ruled. [...] The court was also told an interpreter had not taken notes of … Continue reading

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UK: Bradford Judge demands firm explain after it failed to provide interpreter in case

Bradford, UK (Telegraph and Argus): A leading Bradford judge is demanding answers after calling a new system’s failure to provide a translator for a vulnerable woman in a violence and sex abuse trial “a disgrace”. For more information, please visit: … Continue reading

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UK: Judge apologises to Polish man for lack of interpreter

Worcester, UK (Tewkesbury Ad Mag): A Crown court judge has publicly criticised a company for failing to supply intepreters on time for criminal cases involving foreign defendants. Sitting at Worcester Crown Court, Judge Toby Hooper QC apologised to 20-year-old Damian … Continue reading

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UK: Missing interpreter costs day in court case

Yor, UK (Yorshire Post): A High Court judge has apologised to a jury after a whole day was lost in a trial because an interpreter failed to turn up. The case began at Leeds Crown Court on Monday of two … Continue reading

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